On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Bernhard R. Link <[email protected]> wrote: > * dE . <[email protected]> [100105 09:26]: >> A problem comes for people who apparently think that Debian based >> distributions or Linux in general is useless when it comes to software >> installation without the internet. Well...yes, software installation >> can be done offline with apt, but it's not easy compared to the system >> that windows has set up. > > Here I must severly contradict. > >> The easiest way to install a software in an offline computer is to >> make a package which will install the software by simply running it. > > Sorry, running stuff to install things is the hardest part. Because it > requires very hard checks that it will only install stuff and not do > evil things or allow installing stuff as user (and then having all the > hassle to move things manually to their final place). > >> In Linux, the issue is the dependencies, if all dependencies (relative >> to a Debian based OS install) is made to be integrated within a single >> package the problem will be solved. > > Which problem? dpkg is quite good in that regard: just give it a number > of .deb files to install and unless there are any Pre-Depends (which > usual non-system packages should not have), dpkg will sort out the order > to unpack/configure stuff. And if some dependencies are missing a single > apt-get install -f after it will usually get those from your CD/other > offline medium you have. > > Hochachtungsvoll, > Bernhard R. Link >
> > Here I must severly contradict. > I myself use Gentoo; the OS is completely disabled without an internet connection...people (to whom I'm installing Linux) are not willing to install it cause of this issue...they say it's hard. > > Sorry, running stuff to install things is the hardest part. Because it > requires very hard checks that it will only install stuff and not do > evil things or allow installing stuff as user (and then having all the > hassle to move things manually to their final place). > That is a disadvantage, but following the advantages, the security part is acceptable. > Which problem? dpkg is quite good in that regard: just give it a number > of .deb files to install and unless there are any Pre-Depends (which > usual non-system packages should not have), dpkg will sort out the order > to unpack/configure stuff. And if some dependencies are missing a single > apt-get install -f after it will usually get those from your CD/other > offline medium you have. > A common user is absolutely not willing to do that...he wants it simple...like in windows. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
